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Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado

16 January 2026 01:43 (UTC +04:00)

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she “presented” US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal at their meeting Thursday, APA reports citing CNN.

“I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado said, before launching into an anecdote about Latin American revolutionary Simón Bolívar.

“I told him this,” Machado continued. “Two hundred years ago General (Marquis de) Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with George Washington’s face on it. Bolivar since then kept the medal for the rest of his life.”

“Two hundred years in history, the people of Bolivar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal, in this case the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.”